Английская Википедия:Bras à Pierre
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox river The Bras à Pierre is a tributary of the Saint-Jean river, flowing in the municipality of L'Anse-Saint-Jean, in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the province from Quebec, to Canada.
The valley of "Bras à Pierre" (English: Pierre's arm) is served by the Périgny road for forestry, agriculture and recreational tourism activities. Some secondary forest roads serve this valley.
Forestry is the main economic activity in the sector; recreational tourism activities, second; agriculture in third. This valley contains some dwellings distributed in small deforested areas.
The surface of "Bras à Pierre" is usually frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, however the safe circulation on the ice is generally done from mid-December to mid-March.
Geography
The main watersheds neighboring the "Bras à Pierre" are:
- north side: Saint-Jean River, Emmuraillé Lake, Éternité River, Saguenay River;
- east side: Patrice-Fortin stream, Portage River, Petit Saguenay River, ruisseau de la sucrerie (sugar mill stream), Saint Lawrence River;
- south side: Bazile lake, Chouinard stream, Malbaie River, Noire River, "lac de la Hauteur" (Height lake);
- west side: Saint-Jean River, Rivière à la Catin, Brébeuf Lake, Cami River, Ha! Ha! River.[1]
The "Bras à Pierre" originates in the marsh area (length: Шаблон:Convert; maximum width: Шаблон:Convert)) between the mountains in the northern part of the Rivière à la Catin. This marsh area is fed by a few mountain streams. This source of the watercourse is located at:
- Шаблон:Convert north of the course of the Rivière à la Catin;
- Шаблон:Convert north of the hamlet "Le Bras-du-Suroît";
- Шаблон:Convert west of a mountain peak reaching Шаблон:Convert;
- Шаблон:Convert north-west of a mountain peak reaching Шаблон:Convert;
- Шаблон:Convert south of the confluence of the "Bras à Pierre" and the Saint-Jean River.[1]
From the mouth of its source, the course of "Bras à Pierre" descends on Шаблон:Convert, according to a drop in level of Шаблон:Convert according to the following segments:
- Шаблон:Convert towards the north especially in the marsh area in a valley in a valley surrounded by high mountains, collecting the discharge (coming from the west) of a small lake, as well as the discharge (from the east) from another small lake, to a stream (from the east);
- Шаблон:Convert westward, to a stream (coming from the west);
- Шаблон:Convert towards the north in a valley between the mountains and forming a hook towards the west and a loop towards the east at the end of the segment, up to the mouth.[1]
Pierre's arm spills out onto the south bank of the Saint-Jean River. This mouth is located at:
- Шаблон:Convert south-west of the hamlet "La Vallée-d'Amont";
- Шаблон:Convert east of Brébeuf Lake;
- Шаблон:Convert south-east of the village center of Rivière-Éternité;
- Шаблон:Convert south of the confluence of the Éternité River and the Éternité Bay (Saguenay River);
- Шаблон:Convert south-west of the confluence of the Saint-Jean River and Anse Saint-Jean (Saguenay River).[1]
From the confluence of "Bras à Pierre", the current:
- follows the course of the Saint-Jean River on Шаблон:Convert generally towards the northeast;
- crosses Anse Saint-Jean on Шаблон:Convert to the north;
- follows the course of the Saguenay River on Шаблон:Convert eastward to Tadoussac where it merges with the Estuary of Saint Lawrence.
Toponymy
The term "Pierre" is a male given name.
The toponym "Bras à Pierre" was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]
See also
- Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality
- L'Anse-Saint-Jean
- Saint-Jean River
- Saguenay River
- List of rivers of Quebec
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